{"id":41473,"date":"2026-08-12T19:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41473"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:28:42","slug":"inflation-eases-in-july-as-gasoline-and-grocery-prices-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41473","title":{"rendered":"Inflation eases in July as gasoline and grocery prices fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3996x2545+0+0\/resize\/3996x2545!\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffe%2F55%2F6470cfc54018b8fa423a96f556f8%2Fgettyimages-2286439837.jpg\" alt=\"Falling grocery prices helped to keep inflation in check last month. Lettuce prices dropped sharply in July after an outbreak of food-borne illness prompted a recall of some leafy greens.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Consumer prices in July were up 3.4% from a year ago \u2014 a smaller annual increase than in May or June. The news makes it less likely the Fed will feel the need to raise interest rates in September.  <\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Justin Sullivan)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/include\/images\/tracking\/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5929122\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumer prices in July were up 3.4% from a year ago \u2014 a smaller annual increase than in May or June. The news makes it less likely the Fed will feel the need to raise interest rates in September. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3996x2545+0+0\/resize\/3996x2545!\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffe%2F55%2F6470cfc54018b8fa423a96f556f8%2Fgettyimages-2286439837.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}